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Samstag, Juli 25, 2009

Don Tapscott's - author of Grown up Digital, co-author of Wikinomics - Keynote at the VINT Symposium 2009 “Fast Forward”. 'Rebuilding the World' is the working title of his new book in the making. [Cost control and amputation is not sufficient to make it into the future ... we have to rebuild the world, we have to rebuild business, too]

"The global economic crisis is a wakeup call to the world: we need to rethink and rebuild many of the organizations and institutions that have served us well for decades, but now have come to the end of their life cycle. The financial services industry, for example, does not just need fresh infusion of capital or some new regulations; it needs a whole new operating model — one based on transparency, sharing of intellectual property and global governance.

As the crisis has spread to other sectors in the economy and even other sectors of society, it is exposing structural weaknesses and modes of operation that no longer nurture social and economic growth. The recent collapse of many newspapers is just one storm-warning of more to come: conventional wisdom isn’t going to cut it for success in this century. We need to reinvent our institutions ..."

G.J. [IN]This not only the best newsletter in its field (publishing & media), but also one of the best newsletters I read on any subject- ranked on clarity, usefullness and timeliness ... I sincerely hope that you do not close down such a useful business tool.